Does advanced age imply a worse prognosis for intensive care patients? [Bedeutet ein höheres Lebensalter eine schlechtere Prognose in der Intensivmedizin?]

D. Holst, M. Möllmann, F. Feyerherd, C. Reichl and M. Wendt

American Journal of Public Health, 1996, vol. 86, issue 11, 18-21

Abstract: Limited resources in intensive care medicine keep raising the question of whether intensive care can be made available to all patients without restriction. Elder patients are often subjectively ascribed a worse prognosis without objectifying this decision with relevant data. A prospective data acquisition on a postoperative intensive care unit was undertaken to investigate whether age is a special risk factor in intensi-ve care medicine. The results of the present-study demonstrate that a higher age does not go along with a worse prognosis and that every effort towards an optimized intensive care is justified without restriction.

Keywords: words={Aged; Critical care; Prognosis; Risk factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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